Assembling device



May 3, 1932- E. W. DOLAMORE 1,856,948

ASSEMBLING DEVICE Filed June 25, 195o Patented May 3, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT? OFFICE EARL W. DOLAMOR, OF BRONSON, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO HARRY A. DOUGLAS, lOF

- BRONSON, MICHIGAN ASSEMBLING DEVICE Application led June 23,

device is desirably of spring formation,

whereby spring clamping pressure may vbe exerted upon the object that is' to beheld between the ngers of the` bracket. .This is especially 'desirable if the object itself does not possess the necessary resilience to furnish the desired clamping pressure. The clamping member which furnishes thespring pressure is desirably the bracket' itself which, to this end, is preferably made of resilient sheet metal. The clamping lever isdesirably a toggle lever mounted Vat oneend to turn upon the bracket iingerthat carries the lever and having its elbow disposed between the lingers and its unmounted end adjacent the opposite side of the bracket to beengageable with the object with which the bracket is to be assembled. The bracket is desirably of U shapek whose sides constitute therngers between which the object is to be received.

In another aspect the invention is inclusive of a U shaped bracket and a clamping member, preferably the `aforesaid toggle lever, mounted upon one side of theV bracket and extending diagonally toward the other side of the bracket and the bracket base. A bracket thus constructed is well adapted for assembly with anzautomotive vehicle `dash board which usually has'a ledge `margining its bottom edge. The bracket maybe positioned to enable the obliquely disposed clamping member or lever to press the base of the bracket upwardly against said ledge and to press the bracket side, toward which thelever obliquely projects, against the front of the dash board. The bracket is desirably pro.- vided with a depending apron which may be used for carrying variousA devices as, for ex- 1930. Serial No. 463,342.

ample, a socket for the reception of a small in-V candescent lamp or for the reception of a plug from which a cord leads to an inspection in# candescent lamp, though obviously the structure may serve a large varietyof purposes.

The invention will be more fully explained in connection with the accompanying drawl ings, in which Fig. l is aview, in elevation, illustrating a portionof an automotive vehicle dash board with the assembling device of my invention detachably appliedthereto; Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2-f-2 of Fig. l; F ig. 8 is a sectional view'on line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and Fig. l is a perspective view of the device showing in conjunction therewith a plug receiving socket that contains a plug pertaining to" aninspection lamp which is shown as being connected with theplug by a cord. I v Y As my invention was initially designed for .use in conjunction with an automotive vehicle dash board, Ihaveillustrated such a dash board which is'inclusive of an upright bod portion' 1 and a ledge 2 margining the` bottom :ofA the board. Theassernbling device in the embodiment of the invention illustrated is in- Y elusive of a generally Ushaped'bracket, as viewed in Fig. 2, one of the bracket sides being divided into two fingers 3 from which :the bracketbase 4 extends to'the single finger 5 constituting the other side of the bracket. This bracket constitutes one member of the assembling device, a sec-ond member of the assembling device being preferablyV inl the nature of a togglelever Vhaving oneof its sections 6 pivoted tothe upper end of the finger 5, the elbow 2' of the lever intervening between the finger 5 and the fingers 3, andv overlying the bracket base 4. The lever section 6 is deysirably made ofwire folded into a rectangle Awith one of the rectangle sides encircledby the eye 8 that is formed in the upper end of the linger 5, thereby constituting a bearing for said lever section. The other section 9 of the toggle lever is desirably also formed of wire which is wrappedabout the side of the section 6 opposite said eye.- lThe wire of which thatsaid finger will eXert the necessary spring toward the corner of the bracket defined byl the bracket base 4 and the fingers 3, the dash board or object engaging end of the lever being curled, as indicated at 11, and enteringthe corner defined by the dash board body 1 and ledge 2. By pressing the handle 10 downwardly, the lever end 11 is forced against both the dash board body 1 and ledge 2 to cause the bracket base 4 to press tightly upward against the bottom of the ledge and to cause the fingers 3 to press firmly against the `front of the board. If for any reason the clamping pressure against the body should be excessive, the handle 10, by engaging the eye V8, willprevent dislocation of the lever elbow from its clamping position. One of the mounting members is made of spring material, preferably the bracket, the two sec` tions ofthe lever being each desirably substantially rigid. The Vdimensions of the bracket are such that the spring finger 5 will be pressed* sufficiently awayV from the dash board when the elbow ofthe lever is placed in its final position. Where the device is designed particularly for use iny conjunction with dash boards of the construction illustrated, the handle may engage the eye 8' when the elbow of the lever has been put in `position in which the spring finger 5 is so far Y pressed away from the' dash boardbythe lever clampingV pressure on thelever to cause the bracket to be firmly assembled withthe; dash n board.

Thebracket is desirably provided with a depending apron 12 which continues fromthe bracket base and extends oppositely to the lingers.' This apron, in eiect, constitutes a detachably applied Vdownward extension of the dash board for the purpose ofy mounting objects upon the dash board without altering thev dash board construction. I have illustrated a single pole metallic socket 13 whose "forward end passesV through said apron and is suitably clinched into assembly therewith,

i this socket being grounded through the bracket and the dash board whichr is also usually of metal. The metallic lever also contributes to the grounding of said socket. A. floating forwardly spring pressed Contact 14 is provided within the socket and is carriedY upon an insulating disc 15 which is pressed upon forwardly by a coiled 'spring 16. rIhis spring isinsulatedfrom: the socket byvsaid discl and alsoby an insulating. washerfl'? attlie inner end of the socket. A eXible insulated 'conductor 18 extends through the washer 17 and disc 15 into electrical connection with the contact 14. In Figs. 1, 2 and 3 I have illustrated an incandescent lamp 19 having one terminal of its lament electrically connected with the metallic sheath of the lamp base and the other terminal of its filament electrically @Onlleted With the. Contact 2O ,which isupon thev rear face of the lamp base to be engageable by the contact 14. Metallic bayonet pins 21, are receivable within suitable bayonet slots 22 in the socket, whereby the sheath of the lamp base; and the filament terminal that is connected with the sheath of the lamp base are grounded. In Fig. 4, the socket is shown as containingV a circuit continuing plug` 28, from which a flexible cord: 24 extends to an inspection lamp 25. y y y Changes: may be made without departing from the invention.

Having thus described myl invention, I claim:

1. An assembling .device including one member in the formof a bracket having two fingers spaced apart to receive. an object therebetween and a second' member inthe formof an object clamping leverswing-ingly mountedV upon'one of'said lingers and projecting toward the other finger to engage I the object that is interposed' between thefin.- gers and clamp it against, the latter finger, wherein the clamping lever.l is a toggle lever mounted at one'y end to turn upon the iinger'that carries the lever and having its elbow betweenthe iingersand itsv unmounted end movable toward and from the other fin.- 'ger whereby the-object may be clampedvbetween the latter ley/,er end and the latter finger.-

2. An assembling; device including one -member inptheform of a bracket having two fingers spaced' apartV to receive` an object therebetweenv andra second member ini the form of an object clamping lever swin'gingly mounted upon. one'oflsaid fingers and pro;- jecting toward the other finger to engage the objectthatis interposed-between thefingersand clamp it against the 'latter finger,

.wherein the` clamping lever isa toggle lever f object against the base and the other bracket side; and an apron continuing from the bracket base oppositely to the fingers and from which said other bracket side directly extends.

4. Assembling means including in combination an angular object, a U-shaped bracket Whose sides constitute lingers between which the object may be received, a base integral with the sides and contacting with one angular portion of the object, and a clamping member carried upon one side of the bracket and extending diagonally toward the other side of the bracket and the bracket base and contacting with both angular portions of the object.

In Witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my name.

YEARL W. DOLAMORE. 

